Incu-Lab - Meet Up

Our aim is to generate FinTech ideas and promote the growth of FinTech startups in the ecosystem. We welcome all innovative INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS with change-making FinTech ideas or existing products / services to join the showcase. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this FinTech x Change event in Hong Kong! Enter the ICE PITCH @ FinTech to gain exposure, learn from mentors, site-visit successful FinTech and pitch to investors.

Incu-Lab - Hackathon

Our aim is to generate FinTech ideas and promote the growth of FinTech startups in the ecosystem. We welcome all innovative INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS with change-making FinTech ideas or existing products / services to join the showcase. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this FinTech x Change event in Hong Kong! Enter the ICE PITCH @ FinTech to gain exposure, learn from mentors, site-visit successful FinTech and pitch to investors.

The University of Hong Kong - HKU FinTech Day

02:00 PM
06:15 PM
Large Moot Court, 2F, Cheng Yu Tong Tower, HKU

Financial Technology (FinTech) is changing the world of finance at an incredible pace, impacting start-ups, financial institutions, regulators and more recently technology companies. Since 2008, the center of gravity of FinTech has shifted to establish itself in Asia with noticeable large-scale changes occurring in China, India and Australia.

In this context, the University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s pre-existing regional presence and financial expertise has been leveraged into FinTech academic leadership. This event will highlight the work of leading academics at HKU as well as a range of new educational initiatives to support human capital development in Hong Kong and around the world.

In addition to presentations and panels, HKU FinTech Day will also include a student startup competition and information for students considering studying FinTech at HKU.Agenda:

1345-1400: Registration

1400-1415: Opening Keynote

1415-1500: Panel Discussion: FinTech's Future

1500-1530: Cyberport x HKU Nucleus + Shield

1530-1600: Studying FinTech at HKU: Panel Discussion and Special Announcement

1600-1700: Student Startup Pitch Competition

1700-1800: Bringing FinTech to the World: Introducing "Introduction to FinTech"

As part of the Fintech Education Week, Asia Capital Markets Institute (ACMI), Young Makers & ChangeMakers (YMCM) and CityU Apps Lab are hosting a panel discussion and interactive workshop for attendees to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in FinTech, and to make their first conversational agent (or “chatbot”).

A maximum of 40 students and members of the general public will have the opportunity to hear leading practitioners Juergen Rahmel (HSBC-ASTRI R&D Lab Research Director Artificial Intelligence) and Brian Tang (Asia Capital Markets Institute Managing Director and Young Makers & ChangeMakers founder) discuss the effect of AI and ML on the financial services industry, and then to participate in a hands-on workshop to create and train their first chatbot using Google’s Dialogflow (formerly known as api.ai). This will be followed by an informal discussion of the important issues of fairness, accountability and transparency in AI and ML (FATML), and mingling with speakers and participants.

Young Makers & ChangeMakers (YMCM) is an inclusive an inclusive education platform and community to foster young maker mindsets, STEAM education and 21st century skills, and to empower youth to create innovative solutions for their communities and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow.

CityU Apps Lab is founded by Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, to empower youngsters with cutting-edge technologies and initiatives of transforming innovative ideas into practice.

Our aim is to generate FinTech ideas and promote the growth of FinTech startups in the ecosystem. We welcome all innovative INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS with change-making FinTech ideas or existing products / services to join the showcase. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this FinTech x Change event in Hong Kong! Enter the ICE PITCH @ FinTech to gain exposure, learn from mentors, site-visit successful FinTech and pitch to investors.

CUHK - FinTech Seminar Series

As part of the Hong Kong FinTech Education Week and with the support by InvestHK, the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management has organized a half day FinTech seminar series on November 1, 2017. The seminar series presents leading FinTech practitioners lecturing on recent advances and developments in the area.

Since the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance became effective in April 2012, the implementation of anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance programme becomes the hottest regulatory subject among financial institutions in Hong Kong. Banks revamp completely their know-your-customer and transaction monitoring frameworks with an aim to satisfy the regulatory AML requirements.

In this seminar, four practitioners from the industries of financial regulations and compliance technologies will highlight the regulatory AML requirements, explain the challenges facing financial institutions and exhibit how FinTech can be applied to meet these stringent regulatory requirements. In addition, Thomson Reuters will provide a live demonstration on its famous identity intelligence solution: World-Check.

HKUSPACE - FinTech Seminar: Privacy and Cybersecurity in Hong Kong

Privacy and cybersecurity is an important issue for banks and financial institutions globally. Relevant risk assessment framework and FinTech professionals in areas of cybersecurity and privacy is required to meet this new trend.

In this seminar, our speakers will address privacy concern, cybersecurity threats and trends that banks are facing in regulatory perspectives.

Event Brief: Accelerate is excited to partner up with ConsenSys to host an interactive panel with ConsenSys at the beautiful coworking space - playground.work. Our panel will discuss the ways that innovative education can solve the tech talent shortage for FinTech. We will focus on non-traditional programs that are designed to extend, enhance, or create new skills for the jobs of the future.

The lack of talent with skills and experience in areas including blockchain, machine learning and AI are critical inhibitors to business in the FinTech industry. Through creative education solutions we can identify new channels for recruitment and new approaches to acquiring technical skills that can quickly be applied to solve real world problems and move FinTech forward.

Heatherm Huang graduated with a Master of Design in Interaction Design from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He co-founded MailTime in 2014 with the support of China Entrepreneurship Fund under PolyU IfE and it was launched on TechCrunch as a part of the Startup Battlefield. His latest adventure has seen him launch the Measurable Data Token (MDT), a Decentralized Data Exchange Economy that connects users, data providers, data buyers and providers with a more efficient trading model. The MailTime App and its Measurable AI big data service will be the first to adopt the MDT ecosystem.

In this sharing, Heatherm will be talking about his startup journey from MailTime to Measurable Data Token Initial Coin Offering (ICO). We welcome all alumni, staff and students to join, especially those who are interested in technology startups.

CUHK MBA - FinTech Day

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In association with Invest Hong Kong in Hong Kong Fintech Education Week, CUHK MBA Programs would like to invite you to attend the session organized by CUHK MBA Technology Club and Consulting Club in the Fintech Education Week. This event is scheduled on 3rd Nov 2017, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm at CUHK Business School Town Centre. The Fintech Education Week aims to bring the themes, know-how and excitement about Fintech to schools, university campuses and broader community in Hong Kong.

Discussion Agenda: Time Topic6:30PM - 6:45PM Registration6:45PM - 7:30PM Opening Keynote7:30PM - 8:15PM Panel Discussion8:15PM - 8:30PM Q & A session8:30PM - 9:00PM Networking Session with Light Refreshment* Food and drinks will be provided at intermission and networking event.Topic: Fintech Ecosystem in Hong KongSpeaker: Mr. Syed Musheer Ahmed, General Manager (interim) at FinTech Association of Hong KongMr. Syed Musheer Ahmed is one of the founding member and board of directors of Fintech Association of Hong Kong, and board member in charge of Artificial Intelligence committee. Also a member of UN Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) Young Entrepreneurs Taskforce (YET).

Topic: Learning and Career Opportunities for MBA students in FinTechSpeaker: Mr. Wallace Cheung, Co Founder & Director at InvBots.comInvBots.com vision is to develop Investment Robots based on deep learning algorithms and big data approaches.Mr. Wallace Cheung has over 20 years of working experience and was Director at Credit Suisse and VP at Alibaba Group before launching InvBots.

Speaker: Mr. Sammy HoDr. Sammy Ho is senior consultant of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) and a committee member of FinTech SIG at the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS).He is the Managing Director of Plus Concepts, a research and event management firm serving the finance and technology sectors. Sammy has been actively involved in promoting Fintech developments in Hong Kong and is deeply passionate about the application of disruptive technologies in financial services - particularly Artificial Intelligence and Robo-advisoryModerator: Mr. Chris LOBELLO, Financial Markets Practitioner and Occasional TeacherMr. Chris Lobello has worked in Asian financial markets for more than 20 years, in roles ranging from risk modeling to quantitative analysis to country and regional management, and at firms such as Nomura, CLSA, Daiwa, and Barra.He also teaches at several of the region’s top business schools including The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SP Jain, Thammasat University, and Bhutan’s Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies.

Incu-Lab - Arrow4Star Career Fair

“Arrow4Star" Career Fair 2017 is organized by HKGoodJobs and CoolJobz in partnership with Incu-Lab and InvestHK as part of activity of InvestHK FinTech Education Week. It is a career fair that aims at promoting the high quality and positive competitiveness of both HK's corporations and talented individuals.

The campaign of "Arrow4Star" would offer aspiring jobseekers a chance to grow and become professionals in their fields. Moreover, prestigious and socially caring employers from diversified industries are invited by the campaign to provide job openings with good and meaningful prospect to the talents in town.

Wanna make some innovative moves in career? Let’s go to Arrow4Star Career Fair at the Wave, explore career prospects of startups and other prestigious companies in Hong Kong. Lets innovate together.

HKUST - Magnum Research Product Launch - AQUMON (by Invitation)

07:00 PM
08:00 PM
HKUST Business School Central

AQUMON is a robo-advisory engine developed by Magnum Research. By providing automated, algorithm-based and customized global asset allocation service through cloud computing technology, AQUMON aims to bring a revolutionary way of investment to financial institutions and their clients.

The core competence of AQUMON lies in the algorithms, independently developed by a team of PhDs with strong quantitative background. The flexible modularity of AQUMON has opened up infinite possibilities to integrate with institutional partners with customized functions.

On 8th September, 2017, Magnum Research received Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 4 (advising on securities) licenses from Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, becoming the first licensedindependent robo-advisor in Hong Kong. Magnum Research currently partners with financial institutions in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Singapore.